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Psalm 1

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1 Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers;
1 How well God must like you - you don't hang out at Sin Saloon, you don't slink along Dead-End Road, you don't go to Smart-Mouth College.
2 but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night.
2 Instead you thrill to God's Word, you chew on Scripture day and night.
3 They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper.
3 You're a tree replanted in Eden, bearing fresh fruit every month, Never dropping a leaf, always in blossom.
4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
4 You're not at all like the wicked, who are mere windblown dust -
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
5 Without defense in court, unfit company for innocent people.
6 for the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
6 God charts the road you take. The road they take is Skid Row.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.